Well, kinda.
I have a lot of books. So many that they can’t fit on my shelves anymore. So many that I’ve forgotten which ones I own and which ones are still on my list. It’s just slightly a problem that needs fixing.
In the interest of freeing up space (my birthday and Christmas are right around the corner and I usually get some books), I’m trying something to free up at least a few spaces.
Every day during October, I’m picking a random book of my shelf. My options are ones I haven’t read yet that aren’t part of a collection (Owlcrate or Barnes and Nobel’s YA Book Club). That means that a good thirty to forty percent of my current library is up for grabs. Right now I’m letting Mom pick for the first few days, after that I’m putting titles in a hat and picking that way. (I may have forgotten to prep for this thanks to Whumptober and Writer’s Month colliding, on top of some other things, whoops!)
With each book, my goal is to read either 50 pages (novel) or 100 pages (graphic novel). If by that point I’m at least enjoying it, or it hasn’t done anything to be particularly egregious, the book will stay (with the goal to revisit it in November and finish it if I don’t already do that on the day). If there is anything about the book I’m not happy with (art style, writing style, plot, character), I’m donating it.
Yes, that means I’m somewhat judging books by their cover. I’m also going to be very picky. Yep. I’m probably going to be donating more than planned (I have twenty or so books already earmarked to be donated already for various reasons, these will be added to that list).
But I think it’s worth it.
Now, a few caveats. None of these are going to be added to Goodreads this month, unless I finish the book that day (like the graphic novel that was picked for day one, I’m publicly withholding my thoughts until the end of this). I’m also still reading through the Heroes of Olympus series right now (I’m on the last book!). I might end up skipping a day or two due to work related reasons (Monday’s are in office days and the drive sucks).
My goal is to get at least ten books marked for donation. No, I’m not going in with a negative mindset, I just think that ten is a good number to donate. If it’s more or less, I’m okay with that.
So that’s the project. 31 books to be tested out in 31 days. Can I do it? We will have to see what happens. I will do a full write up with titles and brief thoughts when the whole thing is over with.
Until next time!
(I’m adding this to my Reading Challenge tag for a couple reasons. It is a reading challenge by defination. But also, I will not be making my goal this year by a lot, so I’m going to use this tag for any sort of reading challenge that I’m taking part in that is reading related.)
